Cooperation and Competition as a Function of Zygosity in 7- to 9-Year-Old Twins

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 397-411

  Loh, C Y ^a   Elliott, John M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Children; Competition; Cooperation; Dominance; Reciprocal Altruism; Singapore; Twins; Zygosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009919430     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(98)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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